G.E. Moore : Early Philosophical Writings / edited and with an introduction by Thomas Baldwin and Consuelo Preti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baldwin, Thomas, 1947- editor.

Preti, Consuelo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moore, G. E. (George Edward), 1873-1958.

Moore, G. E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (lxxxv, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

G. E. Moore's fame as a philosopher rests on his ethics of love and beauty, which inspired Bloomsbury, and on his 'common sense' certainties which challenge abstract philosophical theory. Behind this lies his critical engagement with Kant's idealist philosophy, which is published here for the first time. These early writings, Moore's fellowship dissertations of 1897 and 1898, show how he initiated his influential break with idealism. In 1897 his main target was Kant's ethics, but by 1898 it was the whole Kantian project of transcendental philosophy that he rejected, and the theory which he developed to replace it gave rise to the new project of philosophy as logical analysis. This edition includes comments by Moore's examiners Henry Sidgwick, Edward Caird and Bernard Bosanquet, and in a substantial introduction the editors explore the crucial importance of the dissertations to the history of twentieth-century philosophical thought.

Contents:

Editors' introduction

The 1897 dissertation : The metaphysical basis of ethics

Examiners' reports on the 1897 dissertation: H.S. on G.E. Moore, Dissertation on the metaphysical basis of ethics / Henry Sidgwick ; Report on Mr. Moore's essay / Edward Caird

The 1898 dissertation : The metaphysical basis of ethics

Examiner's report on the 1898 dissertation / Bernard Bosanquet.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-99416-8

1-283-02078-5

9786613020789

0-511-92128-4

0-511-99196-7

0-511-99297-1

0-511-98917-2

0-511-99096-0

OCLC:

707067641